The importance of our province’s biodiversity needs more attention, so we are thrilled to be part of the team that worked on a logo to create more awareness of our plants and wildlife and to build public interest in preserving them. The logo was developed as an initiative of the NB Biodiversity Collaborative with the […]
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A new audit from the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development has revealed that the agency responsible for managing pesticide use in Canada is taking years to ban products that are known to harm people and the environment. Commissioner Julie Gelfand tabled her most recent annual report in Parliament on Tuesday. It determined that
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Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal following the announcement from federal cabinet ministers Jim Carr and Catherine McKenna about critical new rules for pipeline and energy projects. See our official response to the new requirements here. In article published Thursday, Jan. 28, Corbett told the Telegraph-Journal she welcomed the new rules. “Today,
FREDERICTON — Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued this statement following the announcement today from Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna: “We want to congratulate Ministers Carr and McKenna for using both common sense and a comprehensive understanding of the
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In her 2015 Fall Reports presented to Parliament today, the federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development says that half the pipeline projects her office examined hadn’t met the conditions placed on their approval. It was just one of the gaps commissioner Julie Gelfand found while looking at the National Energy Board’s oversight of federally-regulated
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Join us for a wonderful evening of snowshoeing through the woodland trails at Elmhurst Outdoors at our first-ever Lantern Snowshoe Hike fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 27. The hike will be followed by a delicious home-made soup, biscuit, dessert and hot drink at the warm and cozy Elmhurt Outdoors Lodge in Kingston Peninsula. Elmhurst Outdoors is a
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“The sun and the wind continue to defy gravity.” That’s how Bloomberg Business sums up the stellar performance of renewables in 2015. Despite bargain prices not seen in a decade on coal, oil and gas, renewables recorded another record-breaking year, with more money invested ($329 billion) and more capacity added (121 gigawatts) than ever before,
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By Michelle Roy I started my internship with CCNB with the idea that children needed to be more involved in environmental issues. I mean, the consequences of global warming will end up punishing younger generations that weren’t the cause of the issue to begin with. I knew I wanted to somehow give youth a better
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The Conservation Council spoke with media outlets in New Brunswick following the announcement on Thursday that Montreal-area mayors are officially opposed to TransCanada’s proposed Energy East project. “We agree that creating jobs is a major priority for our province, and this announcement is another signal that we should turn the page toward a better plan to
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre announced the city’s official opposition to TransCanada Corp’s proposed Energy East pipeline project this Thursday, saying the risks outweigh possible economic benefits. Mr. Coderre, along with mayors from neighbouring cities Laval and Longueuil, spoke on behalf of the Montreal Metropolitan Community, which represents 82 municipalities and about 3.9 million people. “We
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